N.B.

Pay attention here

N.B. is an abbreviation for the Latin nota bene, meaning "note well." It flags information deserving special attention—a caveat, qualification, or crucial detail the writer doesn't want overlooked: N.B. The figures above do not include shipping costs.

Common in scholarly and legal writing. (Also written n.b.)

abbreviation

nota bene

Latin attention directive

shorthandAbbreviated writing system
initialismSpelled-out letter shortening
acronymWord made from initials

marginalia · footnote · citation · reference · scholarly · academic · Latin · brevity · conciseness · typography

emphasis

important

Of great significance

significantHaving notable importance
noteworthyMeriting special attention
crucialOf supreme importance

essential · critical · salient · key · vital · pivotal · paramount · material · consequential · remarkable

directive

observe

Perceive with attention

heedGive careful attention
noticeBecome aware of
attendBe present at

mark · consider · remember · bear in mind · pay attention · acknowledge · recognize · keep in mind · caution · warning

notation

footnote

Citation at page bottom

marginaliaNotes in page edges
commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
citationMention of a source

reference · addendum · postscript · gloss · remark · aside · appendix · endnote

Opposites

importance signaling

Refuse to notice

disregard · by the way · incidentally · BTW · as an aside

attention demand

Not mandatory

ignorable · beside the point · afterthought · nonessential · dispensable

formality of notation

N.B.BTW

Texted "incidentally"

FYI · PS · side note · random thought

Family

note, notes, noted, noting, notable, notably, notation, notate, annotate

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